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In the year 1917
669 Notable birthdays
Leonard Cheshire
Recipient of the victoria cross (1917-1992).
Born September 7th, 1917 in Chester.
Died July 31st, 1992 at 74 years old in Cavendish (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Charles Drake
American actor (1917-1994).
Born October 2nd, 1917 in New York City.
Died September 10th, 1994 at 76 years old in East Lyme.
Edward Norton Lorenz
American mathematician and meteorologist (1917–2008).
Born May 23rd, 1917 in West Hartford.
Died April 16th, 2008 at 90 years old in Cambridge (cancer). [ref]
Samael Aun Weor
Colombian writer.
Born March 6th, 1917 in Bogotá.
Died December 24th, 1977 at 60 years old in Mexico City.
Dorian Leigh
American model (1917-2008).
Born April 23rd, 1917 in San Antonio.
Died July 7th, 2008 at 91 years old in Falls Church (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Lucille Bremer
American actress and dancer (1917-1996).
Born February 21st, 1917 in Amsterdam.
Died April 16th, 1996 at 79 years old in La Jolla (myocardial infarction).
Ettore Sottsass
Italian architect and designer (1917–2007).
Born September 14th, 1917 in Innsbruck. [ref]
Died December 31st, 2007 at 90 years old in Milan (heart failure). [ref]
John Raitt
American singer and actor (1917-2005).
Born January 29th, 1917 in Santa Ana.
Died February 20th, 2005 at 88 years old in Pacific Palisades (pneumonia).
John Kendrew
English biochemist and crystallographer.
Born March 24th, 1917 in Oxford.
Died August 23rd, 1997 at 80 years old in Cambridge.
Guillermo González Camaren
Mexican engineer.
Born February 17th, 1917 in Guadalajara.
Died April 18th, 1965 at 48 years old in Las Lajas (traffic collision).
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